St. John’s controversial 65-63 victory over Rutgers in the second round of the Big East Tournament will stand, despite the NCAA’s head of officiating classifying two missed calls by referees in the final seconds as “unacceptable.”

The Big East also issued a statement that said it “acknowledges that two separate officiating errors occurred at the conclusion of the SJU vs. Rutgers game." But commissioner John Marinatto added the neither error was subject to video review.

St. John’s player Justin Brownlee stole a long Rutgers inbounds pass, but appeared to travel while trying to dribble out the clock.

Brownlee then clearly stepped out of bounds with about 1.7 seconds remaining, and tossed the ball in the air and into the stands with time still left on the clock.

The referees did not whistle an infraction, and the clock ran out as Rutgers coach Mike Rice ran around the court seeking for an explanation.

The three officials – Jim Burr, Tim Higgins and Earl Walton – walked off the court after the buzzer blared.

When asked about the possibility of those three officials working the NCAA Tournament, officiating supervisor John Adams would only discuss Burr with ESPN.

“(Burr) has had an exceptional year,” Adams said. “He has been enforcing the freedom of movement and working his tail off physically. I expect to see him in the tournament. I hope he makes the cut. I have no comment on the other two."

Adams told the network he was going to discuss the final seconds with the Big East coordinator of officials Art Hyland, and “then we’ll notify the guys sometime Sunday if they’re working (in the NCAAs) or not.”

Adams noted that because the officials did not call traveling or whistle Brownlee out of bounds, and with the clock still running, the play was not reviewable.